Being a Moreau Honors student offers you a chance to join an active and close-knit community of students who work with the most gifted and innovative professors at the College, exploring a curriculum that is as exhilarating as it is challenging. It’s an ideal opportunity for students who are academically driven, intellectually curious and looking to maximize the benefits of their college experience.
Honors Scholars are encouraged to contribute to the intellectual, cultural and ethical life of the College. In exchange, they enjoy many benefits, including:
Students who wish to be considered for the Moreau Honors Program should provide a statement of interest after submitting their application for admission to the College through the Common Application. The link to submit the statement of interest will be made available in students' Applicant Status Portals.
The Admission Committee works in concert with the Director of the Moreau Honors Program and the Associate Provost in the review and selection of candidates based on their Common Application and supporting admission materials. The Moreau Honors Program draws its members from applicants whose high school experiences demonstrate strong academic, extracurricular, service and leadership qualities. The Committee actively seeks those students who feel as though they will thrive in the close-knit culture described above and who are motivated by the thoughtful, creative, self-reflective and globally minded character of the Moreau Honors Program.
Students are typically notified of their acceptance into the Honors Program two to three weeks following an offer of admission to the College.
The Honors Program has given me the opportunity and the skills to become a leader both within the program and in the broader Stonehill community.
All Honors Scholars have the opportunity to apply for Moreau Honors Leadership Grants, awarded to support student leadership, research and conference presentations. Recent awards include:
To graduate as a Moreau Honors Scholar, you must successfully complete a minimum of 15 credits in Honors courses in addition to the Honors First-Year Seminar and the Honors Senior Seminar. Honors Scholars must earn at least 3.50 cumulative and Honors GPAs.
Students who fulfill the requirements of the Honors Program graduate from the College with the special designation "Moreau Honors Scholar" and receive a distinctive medallion at Commencement to emphasize this status and wear it over their robes.
Graduate schools and employers are always on the lookout for exceptional candidates, those who have distinguished themselves personally and professionally. The status of Moreau Honors Scholar signals uncommon character and academic accomplishment and enhances other achievements featured on a curriculum vitae or résumé.
